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  • 15th March 1972

    Sgt. Anthony Stephen Butcher - Aged 24
    Royal Army Ordnance Corps


    Killed on 15th March 1972 while attempting to defuse a car bomb just off the Grosvenor Road, Belfast.

    I think these famous words sum up just what we think of these brave men ... whose bravery and sacrifice has given the gift of life to so many.

    The life that I have is all that I have,
    and the life that I have is yours.
    The love that I have, of the life that I have,
    is yours, and yours, and yours.

    A sleep I shall have, a rest I shall have,
    yet death will be but a pause.
    For the peace of my years in the long green grass,
    shall be yours, and yours, and yours.


    We Will Remember Them

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    always in my thoughts and forever in my heart your memories live on through me.
    from your ever loving daughter x
    In memory of Sgt Anthony Stephen Butcher
    my dad my hero
    sua tela tonanti
    tree number 2995


    babybio18@nivets.org.uk

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    • #3
      We Will Remember Them

      bobc........

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      • #4
        lest we forget
        Andy
        If Harry Black can't fix it . . . . . its fcuked

        And he can't fix me

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        • #5
          WE WILL REMEMBER HIM

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          • #6
            I think I can say with conviction that the Grovesnor Road area of Belfast was probably the most diverse in the city. Unlike the Falls Road nearby, it could be quite for weeks, and then.................
            When sitting alone, my mind sometimes wanders to those times thirty six years ago. With a lack of decent kit, the EOD lads would tackle the most risky of jobs, with nothing but a screwdriver and a pair of pliers. They were the bravest of the brave.
            RIP. May his soul be at peace forever.

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            • #7
              Never Forgotten

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              • #8
                BB you have not been far from my thoughts to day.
                I was working but as I was in Liverpool docks I took time to raise my cup of tea memory of your dad . I will raise a glass of Whiskey tonight.
                A brave man who took those steps alone doing his job that save many lives. He will not been forgotten .



                this is BB dad.

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                • #9
                  Rest easy, Felix.

                  Brave beyond words.

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                  • #10
                    LEST WE FORGET....

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                    • #11
                      thank you all for keeping me in your thoughts, it means alot x
                      In memory of Sgt Anthony Stephen Butcher
                      my dad my hero
                      sua tela tonanti
                      tree number 2995


                      babybio18@nivets.org.uk

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                      • #12
                        We will never forget.
                        In tribute to L/Cpl Graham P Lambie
                        15th June 1988 Lisburn, Antrim NI

                        We are proud to speak your name.

                        'Per Ardua ad Astra'

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                        • #13
                          The bravest of the brave! We will always remember him. RIP. FEAR NAUGHT BB, you are amongst those who will never forget your Dad!

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                          • #14
                            Never far from our thoughts, 72 was a hard year.
                            Geordie.

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                            • #15
                              RIP.

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